A. Ballot Title/Question. The Ballot Title/Question on the County-Wide Sales and Use Tax Resolution that shall be referred
to the registered electors of Arapahoe County at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2003,
shall be, in substantially the following form, with only such changes as may be determined by the Board of County Commissioners:
BALLOT TITLE: WATER, WILDLIFE, OPEN SPACE, TRAILS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARK MEASURE
BALLOT QUESTION:
I. A Ballot Issue/Question is hereby certified to the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder for inclusion in the November 1,
2011 election, as follows:
A. Ballot Title: Water, Wildlife, Open Space, Trails and Parks Measure
Ballot Issue: Shall the existing one quarter of one percent (0.25% or 25 cents for every 100 dollars) county-wide sales and use tax for
water, wildlife, open space, trails and parks, which is currently set to expire on December 31, 2013, be extended for a period
of ten years to and including December 31, 2023, and shall Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381 be amended to provide
for such extension, for the same purposes including to:
- Preserve urban and rural open space and natural areas;
- Protect lands that preserve water quality in rivers, lakes and streams;
- Provide, maintain and improve neighborhood parks, open space, sports fields, picnic facilities, and biking, walking and multi-use
trails;
- Protect wildlife habitat and corridors;
- Protect views, vistas and ridge lines;
- Preserve agricultural and ranch lands; and
- Enhance and maintain designated heritage areas;
With the continued requirements that the County's program expenditures for projects and grants be first submitted to a citizen
advisory board for a recommendation to the County Commissioners, and that the County program be subject to an annual independent
audit, and subject to such other requirements as are set forth in Resolution Number 030381 and any authorized amendments thereto,
and continuing these funds as a voter approved revenue change; and,
Further, shall Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381 be amended to:
1) reduce the allocation available to Arapahoe County Government to acquire open space and develop trails from 28.16% to 26.66%,
and
2) clarify that such percentage may also be used for the restoration, improvement and protection of open space and other related
uses, and
3) change the allocation available to Arapahoe County Government for administration of the open space program from 3% to 4%,
and
4) change the allocation available to Arapahoe County Government for designated heritage areas from 3.6% to 4.1%, and
5) with respect to the 50% shareback of open space sales and use tax revenues allocated to municipal governments in Arapahoe
County, change the percentage of such shareback funds that may be used for maintenance of open space, trails, parks and ball
fields from 10% to 20%, and
6) clarify that such shareback funds may be used for regional parks as well as neighborhood parks, all as specified in Resolution
Number 110637.
B. Conduct of Election. The conduct of the election shall conform so far as is practicable to the election laws of the State
of Colorado.
II. Subject to approval of the above-referenced ballot issue by a majority of the registered Arapahoe County electors voting
at the November 1, 2011 election, Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381 shall be amended as follows:
A. Sections I. A. and IV. are amended to state that the sales and use tax shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on December 31,
2023.
B. Section VIII. A. is amended to reduce the percentage of County Open Space Program Funds available for the "Acquisition
of open space and/or interests in open space to include for the development of multi-use trails" from 28.16% to 26.66%.
C. Section VIII. A. is amended to increase the percentage of County Open Space Program Funds available for "Designated
Arapahoe County Heritage Areas" from 3.6% to 4.1%.
D. Section VIII. A. is amended to increase the percentage of County Open Space Program Funds available for "County
Administrative Costs" from 3% to 4%.
E. Section VIII. C. 3. e. is amended in its entirety to read as follows: "Further, an incorporated municipality may
use up to twenty percent (20%) of its Shareback Funds distributed by the County annually to maintain existing or new open
space properties, trails, neighborhood and regional parks, and sports fields."
F. The first sentence of Section VIII. D. 4. is amended to in its entirety to read as follows: "The County shall use
the percentage of the Fund, as specified in Section VIII (A) above, to acquire open space or interests in open space, to restore,
improve and protect open space, to acquire and develop trails, and for such other uses set forth in Section VIII.E. 1, excepting
that such percentage shall not be used for administration or maintenance, and subject to any other applicable restrictions
on the use of funds set forth herein."
G. Section VIII. C. 3. d. is amended in its entirety to read as follows: "In addition, Shareback Funds may be used
to purchase and/or develop and/or improve neighborhood and regional parks and/or sports fields."
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